Police are searching for a man they believe committed two armed robberies in Waukegan on Monday and might be responsible for other, similar crimes in Lake County.
Waukegan police today released a security camera image of a man believed to be the suspect....

Reports: May domestic car and truck sales, April factory orders and inventories, Redbook and IcSC-Goldman Sachs retail sales for period ending May 31 and IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism Index for June
Local earnings: None
Other earnings: Dollar General...

Zion police arrested two men suspected of shoplifting at the Dollar General Store earlier today, including one man who was injured after he jumped through the store’s plate glass window, Zion police Chief Stephen J. Dumyahn said.
Both suspects are from...

More than 30 countries were represented by the 76 immigrants who took the U.S. Naturalization Oath Friday, April 11 at the Schaumburg Township District Library (STDL) in Schaumburg, IL. The Citizenship Ceremony marked the fourth time the oath was taken at...

Citizenship Classes will be held from 6-9 p.m., for twelve weeks beginning Tuesday, Jan. 14 at the Hoffman Estates Branch of the Schaumburg Township District Library, 1550 Hassell Rd. Classes will take place in the library’s meeting room. Students will...

Literacy Volunteers Fox Valley recently received a $4,000 grant from the Dollar General Literacy Organization to support its literacy programs. Specifically, the grant will help the organization train more volunteer tutors so they can increase the...

It can’t be easy for an artist to perform at a sporting event. The audience is there to watch sports, not to sing along to a top 40 song. And it doesn’t help that the crowd often comes ready to boo — whether it’s directed at the referee, the opposing team...

An $8.5 billion merger creating North America's biggest dollar store chain could mean increased competition for mass discounters such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. but less choice for shoppers.In the Baltimore area and elsewhere, retail experts said, Dollar...

Family Dollar Stores Inc. said it would close 370 under-performing stores later this year and slash prices on 1,000 products after its profit for the second quarter plunged more than 30%.
The North Carolina discount retail chain, which has more than a...